1. Чтение
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A Joke
Everyone has read stories about Sherlock Holmes, who was a famous detective. He was the most famous detective of all time.
The author of all the stories was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Once Sir Arthur arrived in Paris. He took a cab and asked the cabman to take him to a big hotel, where he was going to spend the night. The cabman brought him to the hotel. When he received his money he said, "Thank you very much, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." Sir Arthur was surprised, "How do you know who I am?" he asked. "Well, sir, I read in the newspapers yesterday that you were coming to Paris from the South of France. The train, by which you arrived, came from the South of France. Your hat and your clothes told me that you were English. I put all together and guessed at once that you were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."
"That is wonderful," said Sir Arthur. "With so few facts you were really able to know me." "Of course," said the taxi- driver, "your name was on both of your travelling bags. That also helped."
The cabman played a joke on Conan Doyle.
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1. Sherlock Holmes is a famous writer of detective stories.
2. Once Sir Arthur Conan Doyle came to Paris.
3. The cabman recognized him at once.
4. He could not explain why he had recognized him.
5. He knew that his passenger was a famous writer because he had seen him before.
6. Conan Doyle was surprised.
7. Conan Doyle played a joke on the cabman.
2. Лексика и грамматика.
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If you see a British town or city from the air, it 1 very big. Generally people in Britain 2 in the centre of a town. Most people live in the suburbs. And most people don`t live in 3 . They usually live in a house with a garden. Most of the buildings in the town centre 4 shops and offices. Big shops are usually in the town centre-furniture shops, clothes shops, shoe shops. But there are some 5 shops in the suburbs. 6 small shops are usually in a parade. In a parade there 7 usually a newsagent`s, a supermarket, a hairdresser and often a pub, too. LOOK
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Письмо
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… I have got a lot of pets. In my house there are three cats, a dog, two hamsters and a parrot. I love them all and I am very happy when I play with them. My mum helps me to feed them.
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Have you got any pets? What pet would you like to have? Do you love animals?
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Yours,
Ben
Peter said I had a beautiful place there
Arny said Jessica had arrived the night before and she had wanted to see you
5. “You'll never guess whom I met today. It was Flora!” said
Nick said that I would never guess whom he had met that day. It had been Flora!
Luke said he hadn ' t seen him that morning
she said that he would meet Betsiethere that day
she said she had seen Jack at the Univ. that day
Nelly said that night he shoud stay at home and read what the editor had given to him
Stella Gibson said The McMillans had moved to Glasgow two months ago and she has lived in their house since then
mother said that she would do it herself the next day
the chief executive said that then everything had changed there, we wouldn t recognize a thing in this company
Barb said she had heard Meg said she would come on Thursday the next week
Monica said they had lived there long time .
George said when he had come he had been on the terrace was watering his begonias
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